Table: Graduation Rates by State and Race

Published January 1, 2003

Graduation Rates by State and Race
State	Native American	Asian	Hispanic	African American	White	Total
Alabama	86%	79%	INS	59%	68%	66%
Alaska	49%	INS	61%	61%	65%	61%
Arizona	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	59%
Arkansas	INS	90%	INS	68%	77%	75%
California	61%	81%	55%	59%	75%	66%
Colorado	52%	78%	49%	55%	74%	69%
Connecticut	INS	84%	53%	62%	82%	76%
Delaware	INS	INS	49%	56%	72%	67%
District of Columbia	INS	INS	55%	64%	INS	58%
Florida	INS	81%	48%	46%	60%	55%
Georgia	INS	INS	INS	47%	63%	56%
Hawaii	INS	70%	67%	INS	69%	69%
Idaho	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	79%
Illinois	76%	95%	57%	57%	86%	77%
Indiana	INS	86%	57%	50%	77%	73%
Iowa	INS	74%	INS	58%	87%	85%
Kansas	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	74%
Kentucky	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	71%
Louisiana	58%	80%	73%	57%	73%	66%
Maine	INS	INS	INS	INS	73%	73%
Maryland	INS	90%	INS	63%	77%	72%
Massachusetts	INS	73%	50%	66%	77%	73%
Michigan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Minnesota	44%	INS	INS	INS	85%	80%
Mississippi	INS	INS	23%	60%	68%	63%
Missouri	INS	92%	INS	58%	78%	75%
Montana	50%	INS	INS	INS	84%	81%
Nebraska	40%	INS	INS	53%	88%	84%
Nevada	48%	INS	INS	56%	68%	60%
New Hampshire	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	69%
New Jersey	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	87%
New Mexico	51%	88%	53%	63%	74%	64%
New York	49%	75%	40%	46%	78%	64%
North Carolina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	63%
North Dakota	56%	INS	INS	INS	89%	86%
Ohio	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	76%
Oklahoma	68%	90%	INS	64%	78%	74%
Oregon	49%	78%	46%	46%	68%	66%
Pennsylvania	INS	82%	50%	59%	83%	78%
Rhode Island	INS	66%	54%	60%	74%	71%
South Carolina	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	59%
South Dakota	INS	INS	INS	INS	89%	83%
Tennessee	INS	69%	INS	46%	63%	60%
Texas	63%	82%	57%	61%	76%	67%
Utah	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	86%
Vermont	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	77%
Virginia	INS	86%	62%	66%	78%	75%
Washington	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	68%
West Virginia	INS	INS	INS	74%	83%	83%
Wisconsin	54%	INS	54%	41%	87%	81%
Wyoming	INS	INS	72%	INS	82%	80%
National	57%	79%	53%	55%	76%	69%
NA = Data Not Available INS = Insufficient Information for Calculating Graduation Rate Source: Public School Graduation Rates in the United States, Table 1, November 2002.